Yes, he worked on the NSC during the Soetoro administration, and because he was a Ukraine "expert," he worked closely with Joe Biden, and one of his coworkers also moved to Watermelon Head's staff. Plus he was represented in his "whistleblow" by the standard issue Lawfare agents, Mark Zaid and Andrew Bakaj.

The guy was completed tainted, for sure. I think that they had to get someone to play the role, so it had to be someone trusted and exposed themselves, and that ended up being Ciaramella.